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A tool for crop choice integrates gender and farmer's preferences
Posted on 06 Mar, 2022 10:55 AMAn inclusive participatory approach to facilitate the inclusion of marginalised individuals and groups, including women and the very poor, in agricultural intensification processes was developed as a part of a project undertaken in West Bengal, India and Bangladesh
Economics of India’s adaptation and resilience pathways
Posted on 02 Mar, 2022 08:47 PMIn the year 2021 India witnessed multiple intense cascading risk scenarios.
Grappling with disaster risks
Posted on 21 Feb, 2022 08:18 PMGiven its geographic and climatic diversity, India is exposed to a variety of hazards that have forced its governments and communities to address risk, adapt to threats, and improve disaster resilience.
Training course: Gravity Pipe Networks (GPNs) using EPANET
Posted on 21 Feb, 2022 03:48 PMAbout the course:
Meandering and babbling natural streams and springs through hills offer a beautiful scenery. But the same could also be a source of despair for the tribal farmers in the neighborhoods, if their crops wither due to lack of life-saving irrigation water.
National (rural) WASH Conclave 2022
Posted on 16 Feb, 2022 06:02 PMThe National WASH Conclave 2022 with the theme – “WASH Forward: Advancing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene in Panchayats” is aimed at bringing Government and all sector players on a platform to deliberate, reflect, share and learn from experiences on effective delivery of WASH services by Panchayats including ways to improve resilience to future
India now has 49 Ramsar sites, highest in South Asia
Posted on 16 Feb, 2022 08:03 AMRamsar has designated two more wetlands in India, bringing the total to 49
Revival of a tribal practice for water resource development
Posted on 15 Feb, 2022 09:00 AMThere are over 705 ethnic groups, which are recognized as Scheduled Tribes in India (International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs, 2020). These groups have their own unique Gods, beliefs, rituals, practices, and social systems.
Collaboration and collective impact - for just and sustainable climate action
Posted on 13 Feb, 2022 04:48 AMThe climate crisis is everyone's crisis and solutions are multidimensional. Different players need to embrace the inter-connected, dynamic, and emergent nature of our systems.